This Bell Still Rings
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"Barbara Dane is someone who is willing to follow her conscience. She is, if the term must be used, a hero."-Bob Dylan
A renowned folk, blues, and jazz singer who performed with some of the twentieth century's most celebrated musicians, from Louis Armstrong to Bob Dylan. A proud progressive who has tirelessly championed racial equality and economic justice in America, and who has traveled the world to sing out against war and tyranny. An organizer, a venue owner, a record label founder, and a woman who has charted her own creative and political path for more than ninety years. Barbara Dane has led an epic, trailblazing life in music and activism, and This Bell Still Rings tells her story in her own adventurous voice. Dane's memoir charts her trajectory from singing in union halls and at factory gates in World War IIera Detroit, to her rise as a respected blues and jazz singer, to her prominence as a folk musician frequently performing at and participating in civil rights and peace demonstrations across the US and abroad-from post-revolutionary Cuba to wartime Vietnam. This Bell Still Rings illuminates "one of the true unsung heroes of American music" (Boston Globe), and it offers a wealth of inspiration for artists, activists, and anyone seeking a life defined by courage and integrity.
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Part One: Let My Little Light Shine
1. Memories Don’t Fade
2. A Chronic Truant Sings
3. The Atomic Age Begins
4. Everything Changes
5. Postwar Dreams
6. From People’s Songs to the Home Front
7. California, Here It Comes!
8. The Party’s Over
9. Digging Underground
10. Byron Dances In
11. Gateway Swings to Berkeley
12. Yonder Come the Blues
13. San Francisco Bay Blues
14. Trouble in Mind
Part Two: On My Way
15. From the Alley to the Grove
16. From Breakout to Blacklist
17. Livin’ with the Blues
18. Priorities
19. Strange Bedfellows
20. Riding High on Sugar Hill
21. Buzz, Biz, Boom, Blam!
22. On the Emes, This Is True
23. Wake Up and Sing!
24. Do You, Mister Jones?
25. Which Side Are You On?
26. The Times, They Are a-Changin’
Part Three: My American Dream
27. Irwin Calls, Lightnin’ Strikes, Mississippi Beckons
28. Go Tell It on the Mountain
29. Navigating Obstacles Blanketed in Bliss
30. You Don’t Know Me
31. Hard Rains Are a-Fallin’
32. Three-Mile Walk of Hope
33. Good Morning Blues
34. Cuba Sí, Yanqui No!
35. Paul Becomes Pablo
36. He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
37. Singers of the World, Unite!
38. Levitate the Pentagon!
39. United We Are Strong
40. Unidentified Flying Object
41. Play Your Guitars, American Friends
42. La Voce dell’altra America
43. Building a Big Wall of Music
44. Free the Army!
45. Solidarity Forever Crossing Borders
46. Wild Women Don’t Get the Blues
47. Give Peace a Chance
Part Four: Nobody Gonna Turn Me ’Round
48. Pack Up Your Sorrows
49. A Musical Road Trip to Nowhere
50. You Just Can’t Make It by Yourself
51. Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
52. Take It Slow and Easy
53. Throw It Away
Some Rules for the Road Ahead
Gratitude
Barbara Dane Discography, Key Links, and More
Index
About the Author